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IM Reference 3001

Attestation
ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ
Translation
Paulos
Description
Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Apostle Paul (or Paul the First Anchorite)
Text
32
Provenance
Faras
Date
28 August 707
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 1, pl. 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
110453: Paulos
Role
founder of cathedral
Name
4956: Paulos
Name variant
3585: ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 3002

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲏⲥⲟⲩ
Translation
Iesou / Iēsou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
49
Provenance
Sai
Date
15 May 1054
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 27, pl. 20
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.39: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.39:
- gender: male
Person
600109: Iesou
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300288: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3003

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Marianos / Marianou
Description
Greco-Semitic male name deriving from the name of Mary Mother of God
Text
77
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
11 November 1036
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. QI 22, fig. on p. 87
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.54: Name: foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.54:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
110479: Marianos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
7120: Marianos
Name variant
2499: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3004

Attestation
ⲓⲥⲟⲩ
Translation
Iesou / Isou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
90
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 800–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 96–7, fig. 22
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.39: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.39:
- gender: male
Person
603113: Isou
Role
in filiation
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300218: ⲓⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3005

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲅⲛⲁⲧⲓⲟⲩ
Translation
Ignatiou / Ignatiou
Description
Latin name deriving from the bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, 1st/2nd century
Text
97
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1150
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
110467: Ignatios
Role
commemorated person
Name
9618: Ignatios
Name variant
301070: ⲓⲅⲛⲁⲧⲓⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3006

Attestation
ⲥⲧⲁⲫⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Stephanos / Staphanou
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Stephen the Protomartyr; attested 25 times, once unmarked for gneder, 21 times for men, and 3 times for women
Text
102
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Mina 5, pl. II.2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
This is probably a female variant of the name Stephanos; cf. Refs 702630 and 702395.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.63: Name: foreign (Greek), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.63:
- religion: Christian
Person
603115: Staphanou
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5863: Stephanos
Name variant
302146: ⲥⲧⲁⲫⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3007

Attestation
ϩⲁⲣⲙ̣ⲉⲓ
Translation
Harmi / Harmei
Description
Nubian name meaning 'heaven'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
104
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9–10
Latest edition
I. Mina 7
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.132: Name: local (Nubian), Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.132:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
603116: Harmi
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202365: Harmi
Name variant
302365: ϩⲁⲣⲙⲉⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3008

Attestation
ⲕⲁⲗⲓⲛⲓⲕⲟⲥ
Translation
Kallinikos / Kalinikos
Description
Greek male name meaning 'beautiful victor' deriving from the martyr Kallinikos; attested only once in Nubia, for a man
Text
167
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Mina 77
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
603117: Kallinikos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3526: Kallinikos
Name variant
53863: ⲕⲁⲗⲓⲛⲓⲕⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3009

Attestation
[ⲉⲗⲓⲥ]ⲁⲃ̣ⲉ̣[ⲧ]
Translation
Elisabet
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from the New Testament figure of mother of John the Baptist; attested only for women in Nubia
Text
174
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
30 September 858
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9–10
Latest edition
I. Mina 88
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 2, no. 8
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.69: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.69:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
603118: Elisabet
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9242: Elisabet
Name variant
53291: ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3010

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲧⲏ
Translation
Theodote / Theodoti / Theodotē
Description
Greek female name meaning 'given by God' deriving from a martyr of Antioch; attested 4 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
220
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Mina 139
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
245646: Theodoti
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5467: Theodote
Name variant
4129: ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲧⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3011

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲁⲫⲉⲧ
Translation
Iapheth / Iaphet
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament figure of one of Noah's sons; attested once in Nubia for a man
Text
367
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Mina 288
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.70: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.70:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
603120: Iaphet
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201068: Iapheth
Name variant
301068: ⲓⲁⲫⲉⲧ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3012

Attestation
ⲇⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Translation
Damianos
Description
Greek male name meaning 'tamer' deriving from St Damianos, brother of Kosma
Text
368
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
9
Latest edition
I. Mina 289
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
603121: Damianos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9127: Damianos
Name variant
53136: ⲇⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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